You bump into the silent guy

You've been walking through the city for at least 30 minutes, looking for a place to sleep, when you bump into the silent guy from the PokeMart.

"I’m so sorry I didn’t see you... Ooh, it's you." You say surprised.

"..." He doesn't say anything. He just looks at you with an emotionless and empty gaze.

"I have to go. I need to find a place to sleep." You say.

But before you can turn around he grabs your left arm and gestures for you to follow him inside the PokeCenter. You follow him, not knowing if this is a good idea or not. The PokeCenter is quite empty, but you figure that most Trainers have already checked into their rooms. You follow him to a door where he pulls out his Pokedex and scans it on the device next to the door. The door opens and you both enter the room.

Now in his room, you try to talk to him again but he doesn't respond at all. He heads into the bathroom and comes out after 15 minutes, freshly showered and in fresh clothes. You also take a shower. As you come back into the room you hear a voice speaking, you assume he turned on the TV, but the voice is not coming from the TV. You see him and his Pikachu sitting on the bed talking to each other.

"Pika pika pikachuuu."

"You're right Pikachu. I can’t wait for tomorrow." He says excitedly. "And soon we will face Brock."

This is the first time you hear him speak

"Sooo, you talk to your Pokemon but not to me." You ask him clearly confused.

He looks over to you, back to his Pikachu, and back to you before he answers. "Everyone is talking to their Pokemon…" He pauses for a bit before he continues. "...but I can understand them."

The look in his eyes is completely different from earlier in the PokeMart or outside the PokeCenter, they are no longer cold and emotionless, instead, they are filled with joy and happiness.

"You‘re fucking with me right?" You respond now seriously confused.

He begins to explain. "Well, you see. When I woke up from the coma the first voice I heard was Pikachu asking me if I'm alright. When I told the doctors and my mom about this they thought I was crazy. The doctors then did all kinds of tests on me but didn't find anything unusual. Words started spreading and everyone gave me these weird looks when they saw me talking to Pikachu. But eventually, I just got used to it and ignored them. I always talk to Pikachu when I'm feeling down or anxious. It's like he's always there for me"

You feel sorry that he had to go through all of this, but at the same time, you can't help but feel a bit jealous of the bond he has with his Pikachu.

"But why didn’t you talk to me?" You ask.

"People are weird." He responds.

"Do you think I’m weird?" You continue to question him as you sit down next to him.

"No. Not anymore at least." He laughs before he continues. "Actually, I think you're kinda hot."

Not expecting his answer you begin to blush before responding with "T -Thank you…"

At this point, Pikachu returns to its Pokeball. The boy whose name you do not know yet, leans over to you with a smile on his face, and it’s clear he's looking for a kiss. The uncertainty of what you're going to do next is enough to make your heart pound.

Edit: The side I used to upload my pics terminated my account for violations of terms and/or claims of copyright infringement, even though everything was set to private. Gonna reupload them to somewhere else and fix the chapters in the next few days.